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What to see and do at Hay FestivalThe Week Recommends This year’s line-up is as enticing as ever, with Ian McEwan, Maggie O'Farrell, Bernardine Evaristo, Val McDermid – and more
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Enough Said: latest volume of Alan Bennett’s ‘punctiliously kept’ diariesThe Week Recommends The 91-year-old ponders mortality and loss in his fourth instalment
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Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! – Liza Minnelli’s ‘enthralling’ memoirThe Week Recommends The actor charts her highs and lows in ‘heartrending’ and hilarious book
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Will Self picks his favourite booksThe Week Recommends Author shares works by Martin Heidegger, François-René de Chateaubriand and Norman Lewis
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Literary festivals around the UKThe Week Recommends These must-visit events are packed with fascinating talks, readings and masterclasses
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Shy Girl and the ‘uncertain new era’ of AI booksUnder the Radar Hachette drops horror novel after claims that artificial intelligence was used to write much of it
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Ed Davey picks his favourite booksThe Week Recommends The politician shares works by George Eliot, Ian McEwan and Umberto Eco
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Look What You Made Me Do: John Lanchester’s ‘bracingly satisfying’ novelThe Week Recommends Bestselling author’s black comedy ‘gleefully skewers the chattering classes’
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The Last Kings of Hollywood: a ‘superb’ profile of Coppola, Lucas and SpielbergThe Week Recommends Paul Fischer’s ‘closely researched’ book charts how the trio of directors went from ‘obscurity to cinematic immortality’
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Gordon Brown: Power with Purpose – ‘illuminating’ biography of ‘towering’ politicianThe Week Recommends James Macintyre’s work explores ‘simmering tensions’ with Tony Blair, and Brown’s ‘ever-active retirement’
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The most anticipated novels coming out in 2026The Week Recommends Celebrate the National Year of Reading with stories that linger long after the last page
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Bonfire of the Murdochs: an ‘utterly gripping’ bookThe Week Recommends Gabriel Sherman examines Rupert Murdoch’s ‘war of succession’ over his media empire
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Gisèle Pelicot’s ‘extraordinarily courageous’ memoir is a ‘compelling’ readIn the Spotlight A Hymn to Life is a ‘riveting’ account of Pelicot’s ordeal and a ‘rousing feminist manifesto’
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The Colour of Home: Sajid Javid’s ‘surprisingly moving’ memoirThe Week Recommends Much of former Home Secretary’s book about his childhood is genuinely ‘absorbing’
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